Clothes-line prop.



PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907 W. F. BRIGGS. CLOTHES LINE PROP.

APPLICATION FILED MAB..1, 1906.

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TTO R N EIY WILLIAM F. BRIGGS, OF BRISTOL, RIIODE ISLAND.

CLOTHESJJNE PROP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed March 1,1906. Serial no. 303,735.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BRIGGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Bristol and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Line Props, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in the improved construction of the locking means of the folding clothes line prop, as hereinafter set forth. In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, represents a side view of a folding clothes line prop, embodying my invention, shown in its extended condition. Fig. 2, represents an edge view of the same. Fig. 3, represents an enlarged detail view showing the locking mechanism in its disengaged condition, preparatory to folding. Fig. 4, represents a detail side viewshowing the locking mechanism disengaged and the members of the prop partly folded. Fig. 5, represents an enlarged detail view showing the locking mechanism in its engaged condition when the members of the prop are completely folded. Fig. 6, represents a full side view of the prop when in its completely folded condition. Fig. 7, represents an edge view of the same.

In the drawing, A represents the upper member of the folding prop, and B, the lower member, the said upper and lower members being jointed to each other by means of the pivot pin 0. The extended condition of the prop is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the folded condition in Figs. 6 and 7. The movable jaw D, at the upper end of the prop, is operated to grasp the clothes line E, against the stationary jaw F, by means of the wire rod G, provided with an inclined arm H, at its upper end, which arm moves in a perforation made in the outer end of the said movable jaw. The wire rod G, is pivoted to the button I, which is connected to the edge of the upper member A, by means of the pivot pin J, and by turning the button I, from the position shown in Fig. 3, to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the movable jaw D, will be closed upon the line E. The upper member A, is provided with the double wire hook K, which is secured to the said upper member by means of the staples a, a, and the said hook K, engages with the wire eyes I), 12, arranged at the opposite edges of the upper end of the lower member B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the turning of the button I to close the jaw D upon the clothes line, serves at the same time to lock the hook in its engaged position.

In folding the upper and lower members of the prop together as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the button I, is to be first turned to a transverse position, and then the hook K, is to be raised from the eyes I), b, of the lower member, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and then the upper and lower members of the prop are to be turned to the parallel position shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and when in that position, the double hook K, is to be turned down so that its ends will rest against the opposite edges of the lower member B, and the button I, turned against the V upper side of the said hook, as shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, and then the said upper and lower members of the prop will be firmly held in their closed condition. The button I, is preferably made wider than the edges of the upper member of the prop to which it is pivoted, so as to form a limiting shoulder for the folding movement of the lower member, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7.

I claim as my invention:

In a folding clothes line prop, the combination of the lower member provided with the opposite eyes arranged at its upper end, with the upper member jointed to the lower member, and provided with the double hook arranged to engage with the opposite eyes of the lower member, and

with the pivoted button the turning of which will serve to secure the hook in its engaged position, substantially as described.

WILLIAM F. BRIGGS.

Witnesses Socrmrns Scnonrrnnn, JoHN Horn, Jr. 

